ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 10, 1975
    VILLAGE OF OMAHA,
    Petitioner,
    V.
    )
    PCB 75—135
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    Respondent.
    INTERIM ORDER OF THE
    BOARD
    (by Dr. Odell)
    On March 31,
    1975, the Village of Omaha filed
    a
    Petition For Variance with the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board
    (Board). Petitioner sought a variance from Rule 203 (h)
    of the Water Pollution Regulations in order to apply Noxfish
    (rotenone)
    to the Omaha City Reservoir to reduce the population
    of stunted bluegills.
    Additional information is required be-
    fore the Board can rule on the merits of the City’s Petition:
    1.
    What are the uses for the Omaha Reservoir?
    Is
    it
    a
    public water supply?
    Is it used for recreational activities,
    besides fishing, during certain times of the year?
    2.
    If the Reservoir is a public water
    supply, has con-
    sideration been given to applying Fintrol
    (antimycin), which
    has a more rapid degradation rate than rotenone?
    3.
    What arrangements have been made to collect and dispose
    of the dead fish?
    What is the expected quantity of dead fish?
    4.
    What precautions will be taken to see to it that
    citizens and other potential users of the Reservoir are properly
    warned and kept away from the Reservoir during periods of ad-
    ministration of the toxicant?
    5.
    Will the fish biologist be on-site to supervise and
    direct the fish kill?
    We urge Petitioner to read City of Jacksonville v. Environ-
    mental Protection Agency PCB 74—92,
    13 PCB 631
    (September 19,
    1974)
    to better acquaint itself with the kinds of requirements
    necessary to carry out a fish kill.
    The 90-day period for Board decision shall run from the
    time of the filing of the additional information.
    Failure to
    file the necessary information within 45 days of the adoption
    of this Order will make the Petition For Variance subject to
    dismissal for inadequacy.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    16—409
    —2—
    I,
    Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board, hereby certify that the abov~Opinion and
    Order was adopted on the
    /cj~”
    day of
    ___________,
    1975,
    by
    avoteof
    4
    to~
    hristan L. Mo~t
    lb
    —410

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